Medal box

Johan Werner Gericke, 1784

With the conclusion of the peace treaty of 1784, the French vice-admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez was honoured as a ‘hero’ by France and the Netherlands. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) presented him with this box containing a gold medal for having prevented the Dutch colonies in Africa and Asia from falling into British hands.

Artwork typemedal box
Object numberNG-2006-30-A
Dimensionsdiameter 8.9 cm x height 2.2 cm x weight 257 g
Physical characteristicsgoud, diamant

Identification

Title(s)
Medal box
Object type
Object number
NG-2006-30-A
Description
Penningdoos van gedreven en geciseleerd goud, bezet met diamant. Op het deksel een dolfijn die rond een anker strengelt.
Inscriptions / marks
mark: ‘IWG’

Creation

Creation
jeweler: Johan Werner Gericke, Middelburg
Dating
1784
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Material and technique

Physical description
goud, diamant
Dimensions
diameter 8.9 cm x height 2.2 cm x weight 257 g

This work is about

Person
Subject
Place

Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds, the Scato Gockinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds, the Johan Huizinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and M. Witteveen
Acquisition
purchase 2006-03
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jaarverslag 2006, p. 64-65.
- P. Sigmond, 'Aanwinst : Eerbetoon aan een Franse admiraal', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 33 (2007) 4, p. 11-13.

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